Drier.



No. 829,028. PATENTED AUGVZL 1906.

U. S. MOORE Ka W. G. HOMAS.'

` DRER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2a, 1904.

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DRIER.

APPLIQMIQIY PILBDNOV.2B.1904.

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APPLYGATION FILED Nov. 2s, 1904.

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@MotM/ms l UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

CLARENCE S. MCORE vAND WILLAM THOMAS, CF LEXINGTON,

KENTUCKY.

DRIER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed Nvvember 28, 1904. Serial No. 234,624.

cially to that class of driers provided with.

an endless carrier.

The object of our invention is to provide a `drier especially adapted for use in laundries, wherein the maximum amount of drying willv be accomplished bythe expenditure or" a minimum amount oi steam.

A further object of our invention is to piro-4 vide improved means for exerting a tension upon the endless cable..

A further object of our invention is to provide an improved carrier particularly adapt-` edl for carrying linen into and through the dry-room and which shall be particularly reliable in lboth retaining the linen and dis# charging it at the stripper. I Av further object of our invention is to rovi'de improved guideways at the points w ere the carriers enter and leave the dry-room.

A further object of our invention'is to pro-.

vide guide-,wires throughout practically the entire course of the carrier.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arran ement oi' parts, as willbe hereinafter more gully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in 'the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may, be made within the scope of the claims without, departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front .elevation of our improved dry-room.- Fig. 2

is a top plan view of our'drier, showing the gearing'disposed upon the top of the dryroom. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of our improved drier, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is atop plan detail view of' the device for exerting tension upon the endless cable. the cable-support and pulley located without the dry-room. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view in detail ofthe tension-exerting mechan- Fig. .5 is a view in side elevation of ism. Fig. 7 is a detail view in side elevation ofthe cable and carriers and showing the guideways in longitudinal section.

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a transverse sectional view of the guidewaysl and cable, showing the carrier, stripper, and strippentiip in elevation. 9 is a view in side elevation of Vthe 'cable-carryingpulley disposed within the dryroom and Valso shovving the brackets for carrying the guide-wires. Fig. 10 is a view of a carrier in side. elevation,

showing its use in carrying a form for suspending a shirt or other garment.- Fig. 11 is a'detail sectional view of the carrier. Fig. 12 is a view in elevation of the carrierfshank and cross-arms,`sl1owing in section means for connecting the carrier-hook. Fig. 13 is a plan view oione of the cable-carrying pulleysm showing the seats for receiving the 'carrier cross-heads and the disposition of the guidewires relative thereto. I

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

In the preferred embodiment Aoi our inven-l vion we construct a dry-room from two' thicknesses of lumber 1 and 2, preferably disposed at angles to each other and `line-the said dry-room internally with a heat-resist--- viiig substance, as sheet-asbestos, and an inter- Within the lining of sheet metal, as tin. dry-room we ldispose' a heat-radiating surface, as the steam-coils 5, in the form of a hollow square and spaced at.,a proximatelyiequal distances from thieesi es ofthel dry-room with the open side `disposed toward the.

front, to which communication may be had through the door 6. the dry-room and above the heat-radiatorare rotatabl mounted one orv more fans, 7-`

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Adjacent to the top of with means or rotating, as the pulleys and belts 9, receiving motion .from a puliey'lO',

mounted upon a shaftv 1 1, which may receive motion from a line-shaft by means oi the pnlj. I*

ley 12.

Within the dry-room and adjacent to the corners opposite the front are suspended near the top cable-carrying pulleys 13 in any convenient manner, as bythe brackets 14;.

A second pair of cable-carrying pulleys, likewise carried by brackets similar to 14, areI mounted fromthe top of the dry-room in a horizontal plane with pulleys 13 and upon a line which bisectsthe angle at the,corner of the room A Adjacent to the door issuspendi ed a pulley 16 in a plane with pulleys 13 and pulley 21.

15; Adjacent and parallel openings 17 and 18 are provided in the front of the dry-rooxn and outstanding from said dry-room adjacent to said openings is provided a plurality of brace-rods 19. At the extremity of the brace-rods 19 is provided an adjustable bearing 20, 'designed to tighten the cable 22, hereinafter,A referred .to. lhis bearing is rotatably mounted, a cablecarrying` pulley 21 in horizontal plane with the pulleys 13, 15, and 16 Within the dry-room. Upon the said cable-carrying pulleys is mounted an endless I cable 22 in such manner that passing into the dry-room through the opening 17 'rt is passed aroundpulleys 13, 16, and 1.5, respec- `tively, out through opening 18, and about The adjustable bearing 20 is mounted upon a plate 23, carried at the eX- t emities of brace-rods 19. The plate 23' is p vided with slots 24, and bolts 25, slidably disposed within said slots, are rigidly secured to the adjustablev bearing 20. To support the bearing 20 and 'pglley 21 asupportingaod 26 may be secured to`the plato- 23 and to any convenient stationary' object 27, which may be the :top of the room in which the drier is glocated. A pluralityV of carriers 28 are equally spaced upon cable 22. The carrier 28 comprises a cross-head 29, provided centrally `with a cable-rec`eiving opening. A`

shank 30 is provided withl screw-threads 31, and a screw-threaded opening is providedin the cross-head 29 at right angles to the cable` receiving opening and adapted to engage the screw-threads 31 of shank 30. The shank 3Q is adapted to be screwed within the screwthreaded opening of cross-head 29 until the screw-threaded portion 31 grips the cable 22 and rigidl secures the cross-head 29 to thev cable. hen a desired degree of gripping tension has been applied to secure the crosshead'to the cable, a lock-nut 32 .upon the screw-threads 31 is screwed against the crosshead 29. The shank 30 is provided witha cross-arm 3 3 adjacent to the end opposite the screw-threads 31. oi the cross-arms 33I are provided openings 34, in which are disposed carrier-hooks 35j and secured therein b screws 36, entering the cross-arms 33 axia ly and forcibly abutting the carrier-hook 3 5. The carrier-hook is disposed outwardly from the cross-arm 33 and given an upwardturn. A second cross-arm 37 is secured to lthe shank ISO/at a point adjacent to the` lock-nut 32. To' the outer extremities of the cross-arm 37 are pivotally secured strippers 38, which are provided with slots I39, embracing the carrierhook 35. A guard or closure 40, integral with the stripper 38, is adapted to abut the outer end of carrier-hook 35.

Within the openings 17 and 18 .are disposed hollow guides 41 and 42, having an'internal cross-section conforming substantially Adjacent to the extremes inform and proportion to cross-'luad 29 and provided along' their lower sides with ope ings, as at 43. A pair ol guide-wires 44 are secured to the bearing-plate 23, as by brackets 45, and are disposed to engagev the under side of cross-heads 29. rl`he wires 44 extend within the dry-room and throughout the entire course of the cable 22 therein and are supported at the several'turns, as by brackets 46, Upon the guideway 42 is secured a stripper-trip 47, consisting olt a substantially square frame through which the carrier shank 3() may pass unobstructedly, but in the path oi the stripper 38, so that, as shown in Fig. 7, the stripper 38 will engage the lower bar of the stripper-trip and sliding ,)utwardly upon the carrier-hook 35 will discharge from said carrier-hook any article thereon suspended, as the cutl'48. The cable 22,with its carriers 28, are given motion through pulley 1'6, which is provided with 'a shaft 49, extend, ng upwardly through the top of the dryroom and provided on its upper end with. a gear 50, engaging a worm-gear 51 upon shaft 52 The shaft 52 is provided with a pulley 53 which may receive motion from the shaft 11 by means ofbelt 54 and ,pulley 55. The pulley 55 may be stepped, as shown, to vary the speed ofthe pulley 16 and cable 22. The cable-carrying pulleys andthe radiator 5 are 'so disposed that the radiator occupies a space dry-room to a point adjacent to the vertical height of the cable. '.lhefopenings 17 and '18 within the front of the dry-room are supplied with sliding cover members 56 and 57, adapted to vary the size of the openings 17 and 18 for use inqionnection with. garments of vari-A ous sizes'.

.The operation of our improved drier isas follows: With the power applied torojtate the cable in the direction indicated bythe arrow, the fans will be rotated to 'force air downwardly. Articles to be dried will be hung upon the carrier-hooks 35'and will pass into the dry-roon1 through openings 17, the crosshead 29 being held in alinement bythe guide wa 41. The article attached to the cable wil traverse the dry-room adjacent to its outer walls around pulleys 13 and 16 and back within the hollow square formed by the radiator 5, around pulleys 15, and outthrough opening 18. In passing through opening 18 the cross-head 29 will be held in alinement by guideway 42, and ,stripper 38 Will contact 'with lthe lower bar of stripper-trip 47., disen! o ening 18a, conveniently disposed adjacent t e bottom, freshy air being drawn in as rev quired through openings 17 and 18.

It is obvious that many char. ges in the construction and detail oi' our drier may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scopeof the claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as novel, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isg 1. In a drier, a dry-room, heat-radiators located thereinpan endless carrying-cable above and 'at each side of said radiators, a carrier,Y having an angular cross-head and provided with a hool'iand stripper, azho low guide secured to' said di'y-rooniwhere the ca- )le emerges therefrom' and coni'orming internally 1n cross-section to the shape of the.

cross-head and a 'stripper-tri secured to the guide and disposed in the pat of the stripper.

2. In a drier, a dry-rotan, heat-radiators therein, an endless carrying-cable mounted partly within'and partly without the dryitoom and disposed to travel above and atl each side of the radiators throughout their entire length, carriers attached to said cable, each carrier comprising a shank and a hook outstanding therefrom, a stripper provided with a slot and vpivoted to the shank with the hook passing through the slot and a closure,

` integral with the striner and dis osed to s Il P als abut the outer end of t ie hook.

3. In a drier, a dry-room, heat-radiators therein, an endless carrying-cable mounted princi pally-- within but extending without the dry-rooin disposed to travel on a substantially horizontal plane throughout the entire course and above and at each side of the heatradiators, means without the dry-room for regulating the tension of the cable, carriers attached to saiIJ cable, ,each carrier comprising a shank and-a hook outstanding therefrom, a stripper provided with a slot and piv- -oted to the shank with the hook passing through the slot and a closure integral`with the stripper and disposed to abut the outer end of the hook.

4. In a drier, a dry-room, an endless cable,

a carrier, havingy an angular cross-head and provided with a hook and stripper7 a hollow guide secured to said dry-room where the cable emerges therefrom and conforming internally in cross-section to the ,shape of the cross-head and a stripper-trip secured to the l guide and disposed in the path of the strip per.

5. In a drier, a carrier adapted to be attached to a cable and comprising a crosshead provided with a cable-receiving openin a shank adapted to grip the cable and ho d the carrierthereon, cross-arms secured to-said shank, an outstanding upturned hook secured to one cross-arm and provided with a Slot with the hook passing therethrough, and a closure integral with the stripper and'adaptedfto abut the end of the hook. Y

6. In a drier, a cable, a. carrier adapted to be attached tol the cable and con'iprising a cross-head provided with a cable-receiving opening, a shaft adapted to grip the cable and ho d the carrier thereon, cross-arms secured to said shank, an outstanding upturned hook secured to one cross-arm a stripper pivoted to the other cross-arni and provided with a slot with the hook passing therethrough, a closure ii'itegralrwith the stripper and adapted to abut the end of the hook and a strippertrip dis )osed in the path of the tripper and adapte to manipulatethe stripper to remove any article suspended from the hook.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presenceof two witnesses.

CLARENCE S. MOORE. WILLIAM G. THOMAS. 

